Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:20:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Alik Yuswanto <alik@sby.globalinfo.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980116111801.1445B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bd2151$6817cde0$d4a9cda7@Ws3-sby.Ywcn-sby>
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Alik Yuswanto wrote: > Hello, > I'm new with the system called FreeBSD. Would you please help me with > my problems? Welcome aboard! Since this is FreeBSD support, I suppose I could answer some of these :) > I have some questions here: > > 1. Can we put two or more IP address in the same network interface card in > FreeBSD system (like in NT) ? Absolutely! See /etc/rc.conf's ifconfig_lo0 example entry for adding an alias. > 2. I would like to make my FreeBSD machine as a router. I've read the > manual of route command, but I'm still confused. Could you show me some > examples with the test case? Can you be more specific? It's easiwer if we can help you configure for a particular situation. > 3. Can we put the 100BaseT card on the system ( my FreeBSD version 2.2.2), > and if possible, what kinds of card or vendors that support this? Sure. The only cards that support 100mbit are PCI: The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B (yes the B is significant), any Digital-based card (Kingston, Dayna, etc.), or the 3com 3c90x series (which I don't recommend). The Intel is the best supported hands down. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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